Gallup, NM - On October 6, 2011 Deputies
and Sex Offender Investigators from the United States Marshals Service Southwest
Investigative Fugitive Team (SWIFT) Task Force and members from the Gallup
Police Department arrested Rocky Rubio (32) in Gallup NM. Rubio was wanted by
authorities in Arizona for selling heroin to a 16 year old female then raping
her. The girl died shortly after Rubio raped her from a heroin overdose.

According to investigators on July 4, 2011 the 16
year old female and a 14 year old female, contacted Rubio to purchase heroin.
Allegedly Rubio (32) met up with the two teenagers and sold them $20.00 of black
tar heroin. Then investigators believe Rubio used heroin with the 16 year old
girl and had sex with her. Sometime after Rubio left the residence the 16 year
old female injected a fatal dose of heroin, and was found unresponsive the next
morning. She was pronounced dead shortly after emergency services arrived on
scene July 5, 2011.

Authorities believed Rubio had fled in fear of
prosecution and Arizona Authorities sought the help of the United States
Marshals Service Child Predator Apprehension Team (CPAT) in Arizona. Deputies
with CPAT developed leads that Rubio had absconded across state lines into New
Mexico and referred the case to Deputies and Sex Offender Investigators from the
United States Marshals Service, District of New Mexico, Southwest Investigative
Fugitive Team (SWIFT). Conrad E Candelaria, United States Marshal for the
district of New Mexico “the Marshals Service will use all the necessary
resources to pursue predators such as Rubio so that justice can hold them
accountable for their unconscionable crimes that have caused pain and
suffering.” Rubio was believed to be hiding out in Gallup, NM and was
apprehended by members of the United States Marshals Service and the Gallup
Police Department on evening of October 6, 2011.